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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
3
Boston telegram announces the Western Union issued sale event to start Thursday morning January 22 with promises of great money saving values. Frank L Wilson signs the message greeting friends and patrons and notes the sale was planned before leaving home.
Dr Stanley L Krebs closed the Ad club lecture series at the high school auditorium urging bright happy living and elimination of fear and worry. He described worry as a poison affecting mind body and morals and urged listeners to be themselves. President L F Henderson suggested Krebs may return to Washington for another series if business people want him and there is popular demand for his fall engagement.
Local notices list January social events at Highlands Center and various church groups. Items include the Ladies Aid Society social at the Methodist church, missionary tea and officer elections, White Shrine installation, Washington Choral Society rehearsal, Methodist Senior choir elections, Sunday school orchestra, Afternoon Bridge Club first meeting, Presbyterian choir practice, W R C regular meeting, children story hour at Rest Room, Nineteenth Century club, Rebeckahs meeting with snacks, Girls Gym class invitation.
Washington voters will decide on February 18 whether to bond the city for 70000 to build a soldiers memorial with assembly and club rooms, a fire station and municipal rooms. The election was ordered by the city council after a petition from local voters and notices were published by City Clerk S J Kellogg.
Students in county normal training courses take tests this week. Twenty three from Washington high school write at the courthouse under Miss Kathryn Montgomery, county superintendent of schools, while nineteen Brighton students test there with Miss Grace Conner, deputy superintendent. The normal training class is nearly all girls with one boy.
90x132 ft lot on West Madison and 12 percent desirable building lots on South 3rd Street offered by Lemley Realty Co. Sell all or part, priced to move. Contact EF LEMLEY REALTY at 2826.
The girls gymnasium class at the high school will meet tonight at 7:30 with officers hoping for a larger attendance. Membership is about 35 and lists remain open, dues are one dollar, and gym and dressing rooms open at 7.
Screen feature of the year, When Bearcat Went Dry, draws crowds at the Graham Theatre for tomorrow and Saturday. The Buck novel adaptation stars hardy Kentucky mountaineers whose defiance of laws and pioneer legacy promise dramatic intensities and entertaining suspense.
A historical note reports cork trees in Sardinia reaching full bark growth every nine years. The terse account highlights timing and regional cork production.
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